De Symmetria Partium in Rectis Formis Humanorum Corporum / Underweysung der Messung (Multilingual Edition) [CD-ROM]

Albrecht Durer (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1891788078 | ISBN-13: 978-1891788079 | Publication Date: March 2003 | Edition: Cdr Mul

This exceptional volume of De Symmetria and Underweysung der Messung bears the arms of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, a passionate collector of the work of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). Bound together in exquisite Bohemian vellum, forming a sammelband, these two works create an illustrated manual for still-life and portrait artists. De Symmetria is the first two books of the Latin edition of his elaborate study of human anatomy and proportion. Underweysung is the result of Dürer’s lifelong study of geometry, mathematics, and the methods of art. Both books demonstrate Dürer’s technical and artistic brilliance. This Octavo Edition shows these extraordinary works in remarkable detail and includes bibliographical data and English translations of Dürer’s texts. Commentary by David Price.

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• CD-ROM: 566 pages
• Publisher: Octavo; Cdr Mul edition (March 2003)
• Language: Multilingual
• ISBN-10: 1891788078
• ISBN-13: 978-1891788079
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dürer's 'De Symetria Partium in Rectis Formis Humanorum Corporum Libri', March 2, 2011

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This review is from: De Symmetria Partium in Rectis Formis Humanorum Corporum / Underweysung der Messung (Multilingual Edition) (CD-ROM)

Published after Dürer's death (ca. 1528), this work presents images where the author researches the influence of mathematical proportions on human anatomy. Many of Dürer's images represent human heads and faces built after mathematical proportions.